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USER´S GUIDE
USER´S GUIDE
• Read this User's Guide before you start using your P-touch.
• Keep this User's Guide in a handy place for future reference.
If you encounter any problems with your product, visit our Web site:
http://solutions.brother.com/
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  • Page 1 USER´S GUIDE USER´S GUIDE • Read this User’s Guide before you start using your P-touch. • Keep this User’s Guide in a handy place for future reference. If you encounter any problems with your product, visit our Web site: http://solutions.brother.com/...
  • Page 2 Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product’s descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    Before Using Your P-touch Thank you for purchasing the PT-2470. Your new P-touch is an easy to operate, feature packed labelling system that makes creating professional, high quality labels a breeze. In addition to easy label creation via pre-formatted label layouts, the P-touch editing software features advanced label formatting, block formats, bar codes and auto-numbering functions.
  • Page 4 Failure to observe this may result in an Do not use a damaged power cord. accident or damage. Brother shall not assume any responsibility for any accident Do not overload the power outlet. or damage resulting from not using the specified AC adapter.
  • Page 5 WARNING Batteries (Alkaline) Follow these guidelines to avoid leakage, or damage to the batteries. Do not use metallic articles, such as If the batteries leak, make sure the fluid does tweezers or a metallic pen, when not come into contact with your eyes, as this exchanging the batteries.
  • Page 6 CAUTION Tape Cutter Follow these guidelines to avoid personal injury and damage of the P-touch. Do not open the tape compartment cover Do not apply excessive pressure to the cutter when operating the cutter unit. unit. AC adapter If you do not intend using the P-touch for an Always hold the plug when disconnecting extended period of time, please disconnect the power cord from the power outlet.

  • Page 7: General Precautions

    Depending on the environmental conditions and the applied settings, some characters or symbols may be difficult to read. ● Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Do not use tapes that do not have the mark. ● Do not pull or apply pressure to the tape in the cassette. Otherwise the tape cassette or P-touch may be damaged.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Before Using Your P-touch ............. i Safety precautions ..................i General Precautions ..............v Contents ..................vi 1. Getting Started ..............1 Unpacking Your P-touch ............... 1 General Description ..............2 Top view & bottom view ................2 Keyboard & LCD screen ................3 Back light ......................
  • Page 9 Inputting Label Data ..............17 Entering and editing text ................17 Entering an accented character ..............19 Entering a bar code ..................20 Entering a symbol ..................22 Formatting the Label ..............25 Specifying a label length ................25 Specifying a margin size ................25 Framing the text ..................26 Specifying the character size ..............27 Specifying the character width ..............
  • Page 10 Machine Specifications ..............51 Main Unit ....................51 Accessories .................. 52 Index ................... 53 viii...

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    Getting Started Unpacking Your P-touch Check that the package contains the following before using your P-touch. PT-2470 P-touch User's Guide TZ tape cassette...

  • Page 12: General Description

    General Description Top view & bottom view Top view Display Tape cutter button Keyboard AC adapter connector Back cover Release lever Battery compartment Print head Tape cassette compartment Tape exit slot Bottom view...

  • Page 13: Keyboard & Lcd Screen

    Keyboard & LCD screen 23 4 5 1 Left text alignment (page 30) E Caps mode (page 17) 2 Centre text alignment (page 30) F Insert mode (page 18) 3 Right text alignment (page 30) G Shift mode (page 17) 4 Justified text alignment H Code mode (page 17) I Power key (page 9)

  • Page 14: Back Light

    Batteries (page 4) (page 5) ● ● PT-2470 Use the power supply best suited to your needs. For details on each power supply, refer to the following description below. AC Adapter Connecting the AC adapter When printing a large number of labels or labels that contain a large amount of text, it...

  • Page 15: Batteries

    Notes on the AC adapter ☞ Only use the AC adapter designed exclusively for this machine. ☞ Disconnect the AC adapter if you do not intend to use this P-touch for an extended period of time. When the power is disconnected, all text shown in the display and stored in the memory will be lost.

  • Page 16: Tape Cassettes

    ☞ Before replacing the batteries, make sure that the P-touch is turned off. In addition, when replacing the batteries, insert the new ones within two minutes of removing the old ones, otherwise the text shown in the display and any text stored in the memory will be lost. ☞...
  • Page 17 Notes on tape cassettes ☞ Before installing the tape cassette, make sure that the end of the tape feeds under the tape guides. ☞ If the tape cassette to be installed has an ink ribbon and the ink ribbon is loose, use your finger to wind the toothed wheel in the direction of the arrow on the cassette until there is no slack in the ribbon.
  • Page 18 Flexible ID Tape ☞ For applications that require more flexible labels, such as around sharp bends and cylindrical objects, we recommend using Flexible ID Tape. ☞ Labels made with Flexible ID Tape are not designed for use as electrical insulation. ☞...

  • Page 19: Turning The P-Touch On/Off

    Turning the P-touch On/Off Press o to turn on or turn off the P-touch. If the P-touch is powered by the AC adaptor or batteries, the previous session’s text is displayed when the P-touch is turned on again. This feature allows you to stop work on a label, turn off the machine, and return to it later without having to re-enter the text.

  • Page 20: Label Type Modes

    Label Type Modes Selecting a Label Type Mode Pressing a allows you to select one of the two regular modes for designing and printing your own custom labels, or any of the six special modes available for printing labels pre- formatted for identifying patch panels, cables, connectors and other components.

  • Page 21: Rotate And Rotate & Repeat Modes

    After selecting the Label Type mode NORMAL or VERTICAL, the label text can be entered, formatted, printed and cut as usual. With the Normal Label Type mode, the entered text is printed horizontally along the label. With the Vertical Label Type mode, the entered text is printed vertically along the label.

  • Page 22: Flag Mode

    Flag Mode Labels printed using this Label Type mode can be wrapped around cable or wire with the ends stuck together to form a flag. With the FLAG Label Type mode, each block of text is printed at both ends of separate labels. The length of the unprinted part of this label is equal to the circumference of the cable or wire.

  • Page 23: Port And Panel1 Modes

    Port and Panel1 Modes Labels printed using these Label Type modes can be used to identify various components or panels. With the Port Label Type mode, each block of the text is printed on a separate label, making these labels useful for identifying different components or ports that are not equally spaced.

  • Page 24: Panel2 Mode

    ● BL. LEN. (block length): * For the PORT Label Type mode: 20.0 to 200.0 mm Default: 30.0 mm * For the PANEL1 Label Type mode: 6.0 to 200.0 mm Default: 30.0 mm ● FRAME: * For the PORT Label Type mode: OFF, 1 Default: OFF * For the PANEL1 Label Type mode:...
  • Page 25 ● BLOCK: 1 to 50 blocks Default: 1 LENGTH: 6.0 to 200.0 mm Default: 17.5mm MULTIPLE: x1 to x9 Default: 1 ● FRAME: OFF, 1 Default: OFF ● PRINT: IN ORDER, REVERSE Default: IN ORDER ● ROTATE: OFF, ON Default: OFF ☞...

  • Page 26: Basic Functions

    Basic Functions Performing Basic Operations Choosing functions, parameters, settings and groups ” appears, press l to select the previous item or r to select the next ● If “ item. ” appears, press u to select the previous item or d to select the next ●...

  • Page 27: Inputting Label Data

    Inputting Label Data Entering and editing text Entering characters ● To type a lowercase letter, a number, a comma or a period, simply press the key for that character. To type an uppercase letter, press h to enter Shift mode, and then press the ●...

  • Page 28: Inserting Text

    Adding a new line of text To end the current line of text and start a new one, press n. “ ● ” appears at the end of the line. ☞ The number of text lines that can be printed depends on the width of the tape. Maximum Number of Tape Width Lines That Can Be Printed...

  • Page 29: Entering An Accented Character

    Deleting text To remove characters to the left of the cursor’s current position, press b until all ● of the characters that you wish to delete are removed. ● To delete all of the text: Press g, then b. Press u or d to select either TEXT ONLY (to erase just the text) or TEXT&FORMAT (to erase all of the text and return all formatting functions to their default settings).

  • Page 30: Entering A Bar Code

    For each additional accented character, repeat steps Press n. ☞ To type in an uppercase accented character, press (or press , then to enter Caps mode) before pressing the letter key. Entering a bar code The Bar Code function allows bar codes to be printed as part of labels. ☞...

  • Page 31: Setting Bar Code Parameters

    Setting bar code parameters Press g, then c. Press l or r until the parameter that you wish to change is displayed. Press u or d until the desired setting is displayed. Repeat steps until all parameters are set as you wish. Press n.

  • Page 32: Entering A Symbol

    The following special characters can only be added to bar codes created using protocols EAN128 and CODE128. Symbol Character Symbol Character Symbol Character (SPACE) Symbol Control Character Symbol Control Character Symbol Control Character FNC3 FNC2 FNC4 FNC1 Entering a symbol There are 164 symbols and pictures available with the Symbol function.
  • Page 33 • To add a single symbol or the last one in a series, skip to step • To add a series of symbols to the text, press g, then n. For each additional symbol, repeat steps through Press n. ☞ A symbol can also be selected by typing in the corresponding code from the table below.
  • Page 34 Category Symbols 1 2 1 3 1 4 NUMBER PICTOGRAPH ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC PROHIBITION WARNING COMMUNICATIONS AUDIO/VISUAL...

  • Page 35: Formatting The Label

    Category Symbols OTHERS *A maximum of 16 most recently selected symbols are PERSONAL automatically saved in the PERSONAL symbol category. CATEGORY ☞ Once the PERSONAL symbol category becomes full , newly selected symbols will overwrite older ones unless the Symbol Save function is set to OFF (Refer to Updating the PERSONAL symbol category on page 41...

  • Page 36: Framing The Text

    Framing the text Press g, then B. Press u or d until the desired frame setting is displayed. Press n. The selected setting is applied to the entire text. The following frame styles are available. Frame Frame Sample Sample Setting Setting...

  • Page 37: Specifying The Character Size

    Specifying the character size The character size can be specified for all text in the label or only for the text in the line that the cursor is in. ☞ With the default character size setting AUTO, the largest possible text size is automatically selected depending on the width of the installed tape and the number of lines in the text.

  • Page 38: Specifying The Character Width

    Specifying the character width Formatting the Global width of all text Press t. Press l or r until G. WIDTH is displayed. Press u or d until the desired character width setting is displayed. Press n. The selected setting is applied to the entire text. Formatting the width of a line Move the cursor to the line of text whose character width you wish to change.

  • Page 39: Specifying The Character Style

    Width NORMAL NARROW THIN WIDE Size 6 points Specifying the character style Formatting the Global character style of all text Press t. Press l or r until G. STYLE is displayed. Press u or d until the desired character style setting is displayed. Press n.

  • Page 40: Using The Pre-Formatted Auto Format Templates

    Specifying the alignment for all lines in the text Press t. Press l or r until ALIGN is displayed. Press u or d until the desired setting is displayed. Press n. The selected setting is applied to the entire text. The following alignment settings are available.

  • Page 41: Printing Labels

    Template Tape Width Template Fields Sample Name Label Length 1 SYMBOL? 2 TEXT1? 24 mm × 101 mm SIGN 3 TEXT2? 1 NAME? 18 mm × 101 mm N. BADGE 2 COMPANY? 1 TITLE? 12 mm × 88 mm FILING 2 SUB-TITLE? 9 mm ×...

  • Page 42: Feeding Tape

    Feeding tape To feed out 23 mm of tape, press f. The message “FEED” is displayed. ● ☞ Press to feed out any leftover printed tape after pressing to quit printing. Printing a label To print out a label, press p. The message “WORKING”, then “COPIES” ●...
  • Page 43 ☞ If the Cut function is set to 1 or 3, the message “CUT TAPE TO CONTINUE” appears after each label is printed. Press the tape cutter button to cut off the label and continue printing. ☞ Be sure to cut the tape within 5 minutes from the time that the message appears. ☞...
  • Page 44 ☞ If the Cut function is set to 1 or 3, the message “CUT TAPE TO CONTINUE” appears after each label is printed. Press the tape cutter button to cut off the label and continue printing. ☞ Be sure to cut the tape within 5 minutes from the time that the message appears. ☞...
  • Page 45 Press r so that the second number in the range displayed below BLOCK NO. is flashing. Press u or d until the desired block number is displayed (or use the number keys to type in the desired setting). Press n (or p). CONFIRM appears in the Print Option menu. Press n (or p) to begin printing the specified number of labels.

  • Page 46: Storing And Recalling Files

    Combining special printing functions Many of the special printing functions can be combined, depending on various conditions, such as which Label Type mode is selected or whether a template is being used. For example, by combining the operations for the Repeat Printing function and the Numbering function to print two copies of a label with “1”...

  • Page 47: Recalling Text That Has Been Stored

    ☞ If the maximum number of characters has already been stored, the error message “MEMORY FULL!” appears in the display. If this occurs, an existing text file must be deleted before the new one can be stored. ☞ If a file is already stored under the selected file number, the message “OVERWRITE?”...
  • Page 48 Press n. The message “OK TO CLEAR?” (or “CLEAR ALL?” if all files were selected) appears. Press n. The text stored in the selected files is deleted. ☞ If you do not wish to delete the selected text file(s), press instead of step ☞...

  • Page 49: Machine Adjustments

    Machine Adjustments Various functions are available for changing and adjusting the operation of the P-touch. Selecting how tape is fed and cut The Cut function enables you to specify how the tape is fed out after it is printed. The settings of the Cut function consist of combinations of two different cut methods: cut-pause (where the machine stops printing so the label can be cut) and chain printing (where the last copy is not fed out to be cut, reducing the amount of tape that is wasted).

  • Page 50: Using The Auto Reduction Function

    Press g, then Z. Press l or r until CONTRAST is displayed. Press u or d until the desired setting is displayed, and then press n. Using the Auto Reduction function With the Auto Reduction function, you can select whether the text width (TEXT WIDTH) or the text size (TEXT SIZE) will be reduced if text that is set to the AUTO Size setting is too large for the specified label length.

  • Page 51: Updating The Personal Symbol Category

    Updating the PERSONAL symbol category You can specify whether symbols continue to be added to the PERSONAL symbol category (with the older symbols deleted) when the category becomes full (ON) or symbols are no longer added after the PERSONAL symbol category becomes full (OFF). (The default setting is ON.) Press g, then Z.

  • Page 52: Cleaning

    Cleaning Occasionally, certain parts of the P-touch may need to be cleaned. Dust or dirt may become attached to the P-touch’s print head and rollers, particularly when the unit is used outdoors or in a very dusty environment. With use, the tape cutter may become covered with adhesive, making it difficult to cut the tape.
  • Page 53 Notes on cleaning the print head & rollers ☞ If a blank horizontal streak appears through the label text, clean the machine’s print head. ☞ The print head can be cleaned more easily if the optional print head cleaning cassette (TZ-CL4) is used.

  • Page 54: Appendix

    Appendix Resetting the P-touch You can reset the internal memory of your P-touch when you want to clear all saved label files, or in the event the P-touch is not working properly. Turn off the machine and then while holding down g and R, press o to turn the machine back on.
  • Page 55 Problem Cause Solution A label will not be printed if there Has text been entered? is no text entered. Is the tape cassette installed Check that the tape cassette is correctly, and is there enough tape installed correctly, and that there is remaining? enough tape remaining.

  • Page 56: Error Message List

    Problem Cause Solution All files stored in the internal Have the batteries and AC adapter memory are lost if the batteries and been disconnected? AC adapter are disconnected for longer than two minutes. All data stored in the internal Label files saved Is there enough power remaining in memory is lost if the batteries previously are now empty.
  • Page 57 Error Message Cause Solution • This message appears if no • Type in some text before text has been typed in when trying to perform any of BUFFER EMPTY! you try to print or Preview these operations. function. • This message appears if you •...
  • Page 58 Error Message Cause Solution • This message appears if a • Change the Label Type wide user-defined character mode or use a tall user- IMAGE CHARACTER image is entered when the defined character image. SIZE ERROR! Vertical Label Type mode is selected.
  • Page 59 Error Message Cause Solution • This message appears if a • Install a 18-mm-wide tape 18-mm-wide tape cassette is cassette. not installed when printing SET 18mm! an Auto Format template created for 18-mm-wide tape. • This message appears if a •...

  • Page 60: Bar Code

    Error Message Cause Solution • This message appears if the • Type in a value that is within value entered while setting the allowable range. the Margin, Length, and Block Length function is not within the allowable range. • This message appears if the VALUE OUT OF specified characters cannot RANGE!

  • Page 61: Machine Specifications

    Machine Specifications Main Unit Item Specification Input Device Keyboard (56 key) Display 16 characters x 2 lines (132 dot x 48 dot) * Line indicator and 15 characters = 16 characters LCD Contrast 5 levels (+2, +1, 0, -1, -2) Back light Printing Print method...

  • Page 62: Accessories

    Supplies Obtain tape cassettes from your nearest authorised dealer. Use only Brother TZ tapes with this machine. Brother cannot be held respon- sible for any problems caused by the use of unauthorised supplies. Do not use tapes that do not have the...

  • Page 63: Index

    Index Contrast function......39 copies ........... 32 AC adapter ........4 cursor..........17 Accent function......19 Cut function ........39 alignment ........30 cut-pause ........39 arrow keys......3, 16, 17 Auto Format function ....30 Auto Reduction function ....40 default setting........
  • Page 64 centre text alignment ....3 low battery indicator ....... 3 Code ........... 3 lowercase letters......17 frame........... 3 Insert ........... 3 italic text style ......3 Margin function......25 justified text alignment ....3 Memory key ........36 Label Type setting......3 mirror printing.......
  • Page 65 Rotate mode........11 selecting........16, 17 default setting ......16 Setup key ........39 Shift indicator........3 Shift mode........17 size ..........27 indicator........3 Space key........ 16, 17 storing ........... 36 Strong Adhesive Tape ...... 7 style ..........29 Symbol key ........
  • Page 66 Printed in China LW7415001...

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